June Pointer (album)


June Pointer is the final studio album by June Pointer, released in 1989 on the Columbia label.

History

The album was Pointer's second studio album without the Pointer Sisters and her only album with Columbia Records, featuring contribution from producers Narada Michael Walden, David Foster, Dann Huff, Renee Geyer, Jason Scheff, and Randy Waldman. Carol Bayer Sager served as an executive producer on the album. The album yielded a hit with "Tight on Time ", which peaked at No. 35 as a dance hit on the Dance Club Songs as a Top 40. It also peaked at No. 70 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album also featured "Keeper of the Flame", featuring backing vocals by Irene Cara. It also featured the Sager, Bruce Roberts and Burt Bacharach composition "Why Can't We Be Together".

Reception

Justin Kantor of AllMusic gave it 2 out of 5 stars stating, "Weak material is the primary downfall of this disappointing sophomore solo effort by June Pointer.".

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.
Music arrangements

Production

  • Carole Bayer Sager – executive producer, producer
  • Rhett Lawrence – producer
  • Narada Michael Walden – producer
  • Burt Bacharach – producer
  • David Foster – producer
  • Humberto Gatica – producer
  • Phil Ramone – producer
  • Kashif – producer
  • Frank DeCaro – production coordinator
  • Chris Earthy – production coordinator
  • Angela Bland – production coordinator
  • Suzanne Marie Edgren – production coordinator
  • Adrian Salley – production coordinator
  • Russell Sidelsky – production coordinator
  • David Coleman – art direction
  • Nancy Donald – art direction
  • Randee St. Nicholas – photography
  • Jackie Arthur – wardrobe
  • Marilyn Vance – wardrobe
  • La'Nette LaFrance – hair
  • Roberto Leon – hair
  • Rudy Calvo – make-up
  • Dorothy Rodriguez – manicurist
  • William O. Whitmore – management
  • Melissa Z. Wallace – management
Technical credits
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering
  • Jon Gass – engineer, mixing
  • Rhett Lawrence – engineer, additional engineer, assistant engineer
  • David Frazer – recording, mixing
  • Matt Forger – vocal engineer
  • Mick Guzauski – recording, mixing, final mix
  • Tommy Vicari – mixing
  • Humberto Gatica – engineer, mixing
  • Darren Klein – engineer
  • Doug Scarf – engineer
  • Gary Wagner – engineer
  • Bob Brockmann – engineer
  • Kirk Upper – engineer, mixing
  • Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff – additional recording, engineer
  • David Reitzas – additional recording assistant, assistant engineer
  • Larry Fergusson – additional engineer
  • Jessie Kanner – additional engineer, assistant engineer
  • Donnell Sullivan – assistant engineer
  • Dana Jon Chappelle – assistant engineer
  • Mark Hagen – assistant engineer
  • Gordon Lyon – assistant engineer
  • Clark Germain – recording assistant, assistant engineer
  • Richard McKernan – mix assistant
  • Marnie Riley – mix assistant, assistant engineer
  • Karl Gruenewald – assistant engineer
  • Mauricio Guerrero – assistant engineer, mix assistant
  • Laura Livingston – assistant engineer
  • Ray Pyle – assistant engineer, mix assistant
  • Quintin Kettere – assistant engineer
  • Frank Nogueras – assistant engineer
  • Ernie Perez – assistant engineer
  • Sylvia Massey – assistant engineer